The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-11-19

In the procession was not 30 great as had
been anticipated, and II was noticeable
that hardly any Americans took part In the
ceremonies. At the cemetery, where a
large crowd had congregated, four speeches
were made, two In English and two In
German. Excepting the one delivered by
Capt Black they we're as usual at anarch
ical gatherings. This demonstration, II Is
hoped, will end anarchism In Chicago and
mark the beginning of the end In this
country. While, however, the red flag
dies hard, there is apparent more deter.
mined spirit throughout the country that
no more nonsense Of the kind will be toll
Grated, as Is evidenced by the arrest of the
American prototype Of the ism, Herr Most
of New York, which took place on Thurs.
day. Under his leadership the reds OF
New York made show Of life last
week, during the excitement attending the
Chicago hanging The police were alert
however and their meetings were interfered
with since the parade of Thursday week
when Most made an inceDdiary speech and
disappeared. Since then the police have
watched for his return, which was when he
thought the smoke had cleared away. lie
was arrested at his newspaper office on a
charge of having made an incendiary
speech calculated TO incite riot. Most
claims to have been misrepresented by
the press.
Since last weeks doings, associations OF
reds have been discovered In several cities,
as have also their favorite weapon, the gas.
pipe bomb though no demonstrations have
been made TO cause alarm anywhere.
Arizona has been electrified by discov
cry near Prescott of gold quartze which as
says 81 600 per ton.
The street car men Of Cincinnati have
struck because the company refused tc
discharge the superintendent on their
demand.
The soft coal miners, and operatives, joint
board of arbitration met at Columbus,
Ohio. this week and agreed TO an advance
of five cents a ton, 10 take effect Nov. LIST
The well known firm of A. $, Hatch ~
Co., of New York, having been caught by
an unexpected advance In Reading stock,
assigned on Monday; liabilities about
SZUU,UDO,
On Monday 40 shares of Keller motor
stock, with $4,000 In judgments against
Chicago and ST Louis men, sold IN New
York for So! The sale was not considered
q magnificent bargain.
Ten acres of cotton warehouses were
burned at Memphis on Thursday last, con-
suming 1920 bales of cotton, and other
consisting of freight cars, build
lngs &c. The loss Is estimated at $500, 900.
On Saturday last, thirty buildings inclu-
ding two hotels. the First National bank,
several large stores. restaurants, millinery
stores, saloons the American express office,
and several barns we're burned at st. Pc
Iers, Mimi, involving loss of 100000
The W. G. T. U. has been holding a
4 national convention at Nashville, this
week. As indicative, perhaps, of the
growth of the union, and of the temper
ance work and sentiment, the report OF MIR.
Hall, business manager of the Publication
association Is interesting. The receipts In
1885, were $4,000; in 1886, $4,000; in
1887, S10S,000,
A terrific explosion of dynamite took
place at the Hancock Chemical Co.'S dyna-
mite works near Ishpemig, Mich. The
lamage to the company is $4,000. Six
men In the building were blown to atoms,
nothing being found Of them but shreds of
flesh the size of half.dolars! The cause
If the explosion Is unknown. 1t was dis
inctly felt 81 miles distant.
In cleaning out the cell Of Lingg on
Monday last, at the Cook county jail, there
we're found some shattered pieces of gas
,ina ohoxyior copcl yoIv thof tho 1yaapOp
which the desperate man used to Kill
himself was not Illuminating cap, as at
lrst supposed, but real dynamite bomb.
How the bombs got into his possession,
eems to be as much mystery as ever.
The lake steamer Arizona encountered
leavy gale on Wednesday night last, some
wenty or thirty miles out from Marquette,
md while turning around to put back was
truck by a heavy sea which continued
md broke several carboys of acids. In an
Instant the boat was In flames, fierce
truggle for life followed. The men could
hardly breathe, for the acid except on the
vindward side of the vessel and could not
each the boats. The engineer stuck to his
,ost until It was feared he had been
vercome by the acid, when he threw the
ngine wide open, jammed the furnace
ull of fuel and staggered TO the pilot
rouse more dead than alive. The captain
TODD at the wheel, and the burning boat
vas headed for the Marquette light house
m the harbor pier. She rounded the pier
It twenty minutes past four, and had she
he been ten minutes later, many If not all,
he crew would have been suffocated. AS
he reached the pier they all jumped,
ABANDONING the boat to its fate. 1t was
burned to the waters edge.
LAMAR AND SPARKS